r/DIYUK • u/HurstiesFitness Experienced • Mar 02 '24
Sub Updates and Ideas
Morning everyone,
There are a huge influx of “is this a good quote?” and “how much will this cost?” posts recently. I have added a new flair “Quote” which I hope people will use. If you don’t want to see these posts, you can filter out certain flairs to never see these posts.
On the subject of posts with links to building survey reports, or questions like “my builder did this, is it acceptable?”…I understand these aren’t strictly DIY. I have added a “non-DIY advice” flair which is for anything housing/building related but not necessarily work being carried out by OP themselves. Again, please report incorrectly flaired posts.
I have added a rule to use the correct flair on posts. If you see posts without flairs, especially “quote” posts then please report them and I can either remove the posts or assign the correct flair myself. There’s no need for “wrong sub” or “not DIY” comments cluttering the discussion. Use the report button.
I’m considering removing the asbestos megathread and using this flair method with asbestos related posts too. Allowing people to filter them out entirely. Megathreads never get answered anyway.
I’m open to all thoughts and ideas so please post here with any ideas related to the sub!
PS. Images in comments are now allowed. User-assigned post flairs are now allowed.
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u/m079n Mar 02 '24
Agreed with what's proposed here. I think it strikes a good balance. People naturally ask those asbestos/ decent work/ quote/ crack questions here because they while they're not DIY questions a bit of DIY knowledge goes a long way to formulating a good answer.
Some of the people reading this sub will have that knowledge and be keen to share it. Anyone else can choose to filter based on flair 👍
It would be cool to have a wiki with community sourced and voted on advice, particularly for asbestos, advice around getting quotes, what to do if you think work hasn't been carried out to standard etc. It's a bit of a commitment to organise but would allow us to do away with the asbestos megathread and the repeated asbestos asks that are always answered in the same way (don't disturb it, buy a test kit, employ a reputable company to remove it from the property, talk to the council if you need to dispose of it)